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BALING PE1-ass.V No. 284,894. Patented Sept. 11.11888.

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ANDREW e. PORTER, OE SENATORIA, Mississippi.Y

BALlNcs-PRESS.

SEECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 284,894, datedSeptember ll, 1883.

` Application filed July '7, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ANDREW C. PORTER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, ref siding at Senatobia, in the county of Tate and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-l?resses;I and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the inven-l tion, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. j

My invention relates to baling-presses; and it consists of the ilnprovedconstruction, fully described hereinafter, whereby the baling operationsare greatly improved and facilitatechi the pressing-follower readilyshifted to per-g mit the introduction of additional material," and thegeneral construction of the machinei improved ahd strengthened. Y Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is' a front elevation of abaling-press constructed` in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a1side elevation of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6,. and'7 are detail views.

On a suitable base, A, are mounted foury standards, B B', having securedbetween them cross-bars C D, and forming the frame of the baling-boXfEand supply-box F. Two verti` Ycal shafts or rods, G G', are arrangedoneachl side ofthe boxes E F, and are threaded in different directions.rlhese shafts G G pass through threaded perforations a a of nuts bb,which are secured at each end of a follower, H, by means ofclamp-plates c c, which rest on each side of said nuts b b in grooves d,formed therein, and bolted to tenons e of the follower by bolts e.Perforated lugs f on the upper face of the clamp-plates are adapted toreceive the threaded ends of a tie-brace, j", secured by nuts f 2, Vsoas to additionally strengthen the follower. The lower end of each shaftG G passes through an elongated opening therefor in the base A, andthrough an open-ended slot, ,of a plate, I, bolted on the under side ofsaid base, and carries near its lower end, y, a cog-wheel, J the upperface of the hub lz of which is convex, as shown in Figs. l and 2, andrests in a concavity formed in the lower face of the plateI. rlhe saidplate I is provided with a curved lug, j, located at the end of theslott of said plate, which lug partially encircles the lower end ofthethreaded shaft when said shaft occupies its normal position in the slot.Each of the ends g of the threaded shafts forms a tenon which bears in amortise, g', therefor in a bearing-block, K, cut away on its under sideto straddle a horizontal shaft, L, turning in bearings Z of hangers l',depending from the under side of the base, and said horizontal shaft Lhas pinions ZL' keyed thereon and meshing with the cogwheels J, andarranged to revolve said cogwheels in different directions when turned.

Near the end of the horizontal shaft L is mounted a drive-pulley, M,keyed thereon, and 011 each side of said drive-pulley are mounted id1er-pulleys h M2. The idler-pulley M is driven by a belt, N, from anysuitable source of power, and the idler-pulley M2 by a cross-belt, N,from the same source, but in a different direction.

Two beltshifters located above and below the pulleys M M MVconsist eachof a rod, O, one end, o, of which plays through a perforation near theend of a standard, AO', which standard carries the end bearing, o, ofthe shaft L. Each shifting-rod O is provided with two pins, o2 o,between which rest the belts N N. The end oL of each shifting-rod O isconnected to one end of a bell-crank lever, I P, pivoted, respectively,to the frame of the press, above and below the baseAthereof, and to theother end of each of said bell-crank levers is secured a vertical rod, QQ,which eX- tends up above the top of the frame. The rod Q carries a baror arm, q, located on 'said rod, near the top of the baling-box E, andextending from the rod Q, at right angles thereto, so as to be struck bythe follower when it in its descent arrives at the top of thebaling-box. The rod Q2 is also provided with an arm, q, which isconnected to said rod Q2, near the top of the same, above the follower.

The operation of the press is as follows: 'Ihe chambers E F having beenlled with material to b e baled, the belt is moved from the idler-pulleyM to ,drive the pulley M, so as to.

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revolve the shaft L and its pinions?, which imp art motion to thecog-wheels J J and vertical shafts G G', provided,.respeetively, withright and left screw-threads and revolved in different directions. Therevolution of the said shafts G G causes the follower H to descend, byreason of the nut-connection therewith,

and compress the material of the two chamq of the rod Q is nowdepressed, soasto move the saidv rod, its bell-crank lever P, andshifting-rod O, to shift the cross-belt from the idlerpulley M2 to thepulley M and cause the threaded shaftsG G and intermediate gearing torevolve in a reverse direction, resulting in the ascent of the followerH, which, as it arrives at the top of the press, comes in contact withand raises the arm Q of the rod Q', so as to shift the cross-belt N backonto the idlerpulley M2, causing the movement of the follower to be'arrested slightly above the top of the press-frame. As the lower endsof the shafts G' G bear in the bearing-boxes K and pass through slots inthe plates I and base A,

I the said shafts G Gl and boxes Kean be tilted onthe horizontal shaftL, enabling the follower to be moved to one side of the press, asclearly shown in Fig. 2, topernlit the introduction of material in thechambers E F. The convex faces of the hubs h of the gear-wheels move inthe concavities on the under side of the plates, affording noobstruction to the movement of the hubs when the same are tilted.

cqualized, and derangement of parts prevented. A

It will be seen that theV machine described is positive and automatic inoperation, the baling operations facilitated, and the general structureof the machine renderedy durable and simple;

The curved' lugs j of the plates I act as stops to limit the I do notlimit myself to the precise construction shown and described, as thesame may be subject to modification and change without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

I claiml. The combination, in a baling-press, of a baling and supplychamber, vertical shafts arranged at each side thereof', and threaded indifferent directions and passing through slot-` ted openings in the baseof the press-frame, and plates I, bolted thereto and terminating in atenon bearing in a mortise formed in a bearing-block straddling one ofthe shafts of the mechanism for revolving said threaded shafts,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a baling-press, of a baling and supply chamber,vertical shafts arranged at each side thereof, and threaded in differentdirections and passing through threaded openings in the base of thepressframe, and slotted plates I, bolted to the latter,

and provided with the lugsj, bearing-blocks receiving the lower end ofeach shaft and straddliug the horizontal shaft L, and devices forrotating the threaded shafts, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a baling-press, of threaded vertical shafts GG,1nechanism for revolving said shafts, a follower, H, nuts b' b',having grooves d, and clamp-plates c c', resting in said grooves andsecured to the follower by bolts e, substantially as set forth.

Al. The combination, in a baling-press, of threaded vertical shafts GG', mechanism for revolving said shafts, a follower, H, and nuts b b',secured to the follower by means of clampplates c c', having ears orlugs f, perforated for the reception of the threaded ends of a tic-rod,

vf', substantially as set forth.

5. lIhe combination, in a baling-press, of,

threaded vertical shafts G G', carrying at their lower ends cog-wheels JJ, a horizontal shaft bearing in hangers dependent from the base A ofthe frame, and carrying pinions F F, meshing with the cog-wheels J, saidshaft L carrying a xed pulley, M, and idler-pulleys M M2, arranged oneach side of the said fixed pulley, and carrying, respectively, straightand cross driving-belts, and devices operated from the follower to shiftthe belts alternately from the idler to the fixed pulley, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW C. PORTER.

lVitnesses:

J. F. HEARD, G.L. McCLENDoN.

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